Politics

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness: How do we measure happy countries?

Tim Jokl -
Instead of measuring the success of countries by GDP, we should pay more attention to how happy they are, and what contributes to that happiness
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Paranormal

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Paranormal

A forgotten sceptic: William M. Knox, the one-eyed atheist of Belfast

Madeleine Goodall -
Writing in the late 1800s, Irish atheist William M. Knox took aim at the emerging trend of spiritualism, séances, and communicating with the dead
Religion

J.D. Vance, religious conversion, and the battle over identity

Gabriel Andrade -
J.D. Vance has been criticised for hoping his Hindu wife might convert to Catholicism, but does that differ from skeptics and atheists spreading doubt?
Paranormal

Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 2: The plot thickens

Chris French -
Lucid dreaming is a much-tested paranormal claim, never reliably showing positive results - so why did this new experiment seem to bear fruit?
Archive

From the archives: examining the Creationists’ Argument from Design

Antony Flew -
From the archives in 1992, philosophy professor and author Antony Flew reviews the Creationist argument for a designer deity
Health

Polylaminin: a miracle cure for spinal injuries, or another media hype story?

Marcelo Yamashita -
Polyamin was hyped as a miracle cure for spinal injuries in the media, despite there being no published scientific papers presenting the evidence
Health

Why are heart attacks in women so often misdiagnosed?

Alice Howarth -
Coronary heart disease remains the largest cause of death in women, yet women suffering heart attacks often have their symptoms missed, or ignored
Conspiracy Theories

Phantom Time Hypothesis – the supposedly ‘missing’ fortnight in 1752

Mike Hall -
When the calendar skipped two weeks in 1752, the cause wasn't 'phantom time', but the incompatibility of the Julian and Gregorian calendars
Alternative Medicine

From the archives: the ‘Synchro-Energiser’ – a pseudoscientific panacea?

Michael Heap -
From the archives in 1992, psychiatrist Mike Heap looks at the Synchro-Energiser, a high-tech computer-driven 'brain balancer'.
Paranormal

The Grim Rea-purr? The cats claimed to be able to predict death

Brian Eggo -
Two feline care home residents have been claimed to be able to tell when elderly patients will die – so, are cats actually psychic?
Paranormal

Halloween for Skeptics: ‘Monsters on the Couch’ by Brian Sharpless

Deborah Hyde -
Horror stories, as well as being entertaining, give us clues about the human experience, as ‘Monsters on the Couch’ from Brian Sharpless explores
Conspiracy Theories

Predictive Programming: why conspiracists scour pop culture for sinister clues

Dave Hahn -
Predictive programming is the conspiracy theorist's belief that those in power first signal their nefarious intent via films and pop culture to normalise their schemes

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